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Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Microbiology and Immunology Welcome to the presentation on the UWA undergraduate Major in Microbiology and Immunology.

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Majors in Bachelor of Science

• Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
• Agricultural Science
• Anatomy and Human Biology
• Applied Computing
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Biomedical Science
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Conservation Biology
• Engineering Science
• Environmental Science
• Exercise and Health
• Genetics
• Geography
• Geology
• Marine Science
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Natural Resource Management
• Neuropsychology and Cognitive Science
• Neuroscience
• Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Pharmacology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Population Health
• Quantitative Methods
• Science Communication
• Sports Science
• Zoology

Our Major is one that sits within the Bachelor of Science. The range of Majors that can be taken within the Bachelor of Science is very broad as you can see here. You can also take Microbiology & Immunology as a second Major as part of a Biomedical Science major. We’ll take a look at that option later when we view the study plans.

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What is Microbiology?

The study of microorganisms –

• rganisms generally too small to

be seen without a microscope – and the role they play in health, disease and the environment

viruses bacteria fungi protozoa algae

So what is Microbiology? It’s the study of microorganisms or microbes, which are the tiny organisms all around us that are generally too small to be seen with the naked eye. Some important ones are the bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae and viruses.

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What is Immunology?

The study of the mechanisms involved in protecting humans (and animals and plants) against invading foreign materials, including infectious microbes

This major also includes immunology, one of the fastest-growing of all the disciplines in the biological sciences. Immunology is the study of host defences against invading foreign materials, including infectious microbes.

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What fields are there in microbiology? Applied fields Basic fields

Medical microbiology

Public health Industrial microbiology Biotechnology Microbial ecology Agricultural microbiology Microbial physiology Molecular biology Food and dairy microbiology Immunology Microbial genetics

Microbiology is a broad subject, and has both basic and applied aspects. The basic fields are concerned with the biology of microorganisms themselves, such as their ecology, genetics, physiology and molecular

• biology. Immunology is also an important basic science taught in this major.

The applied fields are concerned with practical problems such as infectious diseases, covered in medical microbiology and public health; food spoilage and food production, industrial uses of microbes and the molecular engineering of microbes to produce useful products in biotechnology, and the impact of microbes on agriculture. Microbiology graduates gain employment in all these fields.

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Graduate careers

Microbiology & Immunology Honours PhD

Master of Infectious Diseases

Industrial lab Dentistry Pharmacy Medicine CSIRO Go global Research institute Diagnostic

Microbiology graduates have a wide variety of career options. Some will pursue research, starting with Honours, then either entering a PhD and after that maybe a post-doc position, or finding a job in a research lab which might be in an industrial setting, or a research institute or in a University

• department. Others will take up further study, in Graduate Medicine, or other

specialisations such as Dentistry or Pharmacy. We offer a Masters course in Infectious Diseases, which can lead to improved employment opportunities,

• r provide another route into PhD studies. Some graduates will work in

diagnostic labs, others in CSIRO, while some take up a teaching career. Some

• f our graduates stay here in Perth while others move overseas. If you like the

idea of travel, it’s possible to do your Honours or PhD project overseas too! And in our Masters of Infectious Diseases course, the research project may be taken overseas as well.

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In what ways can you study Microbiology and Immunology?

• As a single major or primary major in the BSc

Degree

• As a second major in B Sc, B Arts, B Design
• r B Com
• As a discipline-specific major in the Biomedical

Science double major

So, how can you study the Major in Microbiology & Immunology? First of all, you can take this Major as your only Major or as your degree-specific Major in a Bachelor of Science degree. You could take Microbiology & Immunology as your second Major, either as part of a BSc or through one of the other degrees offered at UWA. Or you could choose Microbiology & Immunology as your discipline-specific Major in the Biomedical Science double Major. Let’s take a look at these options in more detail.

Slide 8 Study plan for Microbiology &

Immunology - single or primary major

Study plan can be found at: http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/majors/bp004/mjdplmed

Here is a study plan for Microbiology & Immunology as a primary Major. In first year you will take units in Biology, Science Communication as a complementary unit, and Molecular Biology. A level 1 Chemistry unit is required for students without WACE chemistry.

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Immunology - single or primary major

Study plan can be found at: http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/majors/bp004/mjdplmed

Microbiology-specific units begin in second year, with a core program of two

• units. In MICR2208 you will study Introductory Microbiology, which provides an

introduction to the microbial world. It will include some genetics, physiology and molecular biology of microbes, as well as their basic biology and

• features. MICR2209 discusses the causes and the control of infectious

diseases and provides an introduction to immunology.

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Immunology - single or primary major

Study plan can be found at: http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/majors/bp004/mjdplmed

In third year you will take 4 core units in microbiology. MICR3310 teaches Applied and Environmental Microbiology, including aspects of industrial microbiology and biotechnology, as well as microbial ecology. The other 3 units have a medical and infectious diseases focus: MICR3320 is about Viruses and Viral Diseases. MICR3330 covers Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases; and MICR3340 is about Immunology in Health and Disease. If you decide to take a 2nd major, then some of the elective units would be replaced by the units required for that major.

Slide 11 Study plan for the Microbiology &

Immunology major - as part of the Biomedical Science Major

Study plan can be found at: http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/majors/bp004/mjdbioms

If you study Microbiology & Immunology as part of the Biomedical Science Major, you will take only one of the 2nd-year units in Microbiology, which is

• MICR2209. In 3rd-year you take the 4 microbiology units described earlier.

If you would like to look at these study plans in detail, they can all be found in the handbook available on the UWA website.

Slide 12 What about broadening units?

If you are not taking a science major as your degree-specific major here is a list of units you can take as Category A broadening units…

If your degree lies outside Science, you might be interested in some of the broadening units the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences has to offer.

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Category A Broadening units

• ffered by the Faculty of Medicine
• IMED2200 Mental Wellbeing

for Today's World

• PHAR1110 Drugs that

Changed the World

• PUBH1102 Health and

Globalisation

• PUBH2209 Plagues, Pox and

Pandemics: the History of Death and Disease

• SCIE2100 Social

Responsibility in Action http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/

We have broadening units in mental health, pharmacology, public health and also the social sciences.

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Category A Broadening units from the Science Faculties

• ANHB1102 Human Biology II:

Being Human

• ANHB2215 Biological

Anthropology: Human Adaptation and Variation

• ANHB3321 Biological

Anthropology: Genes and Society

• EART1105 The Dynamic Planet
• EART1108 Globalisation,

Environment and Development

• ECON1120 Environmental

Economics

• ENSC1001 Engineering

Challenges in a Global World

• ENSC2601 A Critical Theory of

Technological Development

• MATH1601 Mathematics,

Culture and Everyday Life

• PLNG1101 Geographies of

Global Cities

• STAT1520 Economic and

Business Statistics

• SSEH2230 The Spirit of Sport

And of course, there are many broadening units you can take within the Faculties of Science.

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Thank you from Microbiology & Immunology

Hopefully this presentation gave you an idea of what you can expect from studying a Microbiology & Immunology Major. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to come and talk to us. Thanks for listening and we hope to see you here at UWA!